True. Past weather data tells humidity level has been 90-100% for 14 hours, going to 80 only by 2PM.
So very probably it is not eaither the Aero rack or the ref to blame, which the youtube chat was talking about throughout the whole game.
Predator WPA World 8 Ball Championship 2023 (17-22 Oct 2023), Austria, Winner $75K
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So very probably it is not eaither the Aero rack or the ref to blame, which the youtube chat was talking about throughout the whole game.
Me, too. Felt like a bar table rack for sure.
It was certainly not an easy long shot that Scewczyk missed, but one that a top level pro should make 75+% of the time. He undercut it and missed it badly, which is an indication that the pressure of the moment likely was a factor.
i assume he meant the skids not the racks. was indeed skiddy today.
the racks have been consistently loose from day 1, just as they were last year in puerto rico. i don't know what to think about that. in the long run it should even itself out, but i imagine a theoretical perspective is difficult to embrace as a player, especially if you lose because of it
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SVB being the only professional pool player left on the planet that uses master chalk, that is what caused it. And it is costing him dearly. You don't see the cue ball needing cleaning between every other shot for any other player, because they all stopped using chalk that incessantly causes skids every other shot.
Interesting for sure, but only well played until Szewczyk finally won the safety battle and then missed the shot that would have surely sealed the match. A little bit of anticlimax here.
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Chris in NC, in post #226, reckoned Szewczyk missed a 75% shot and I concur. Agreed that Shane did a nice job getting out after that miss. Also agreed that it made for great theater. It was the kind of rack so often found in bar table eight ball, a far more interesting version of eight ball. Electrifying!
Jay, no, it wasn’t that tough. The shot I’m referring to that he missed on his final trip to the table was no harder than a spot shot except the cue ball was about 14 inches off the end rail.
That shot was about the same difficulty as the jacked up 5 ball shot Allison missed which cost her a trip to the finals.
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Jay might be thinking about the 2 ball shot before the 7, which was much tougher than the 7.
He is playing in the final tomorrow at 12:30ET. It hasn’t cost him anything yet. Maybe it’s one of the reasons he is still playing. 
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A few stats on today's semifinal matches:
Pehlivanovic defeated Lechner 10-8
Van Boening defeated Szewczyk 10-9
So it looks like Pehlivanovic has an easy path to the title tomorrow, right?
Pehlivanovic defeated Lechner 10-8
- Successful breaks numbered 11. All 11 became B&Rs, 6 by Pehlivanovic and 5 by Lechner.
- Dry breaks numbered 7. 6 of the 7 were run out by the non-breaker on his first, and only, visit.
- So 17 of the 18 games ended in 1 inning. The other game ended on the breaker's second visit.
- The only miss or foul by either player in the entire match was Lechner's miss on the 8-ball (in Game 16, leading 8-7) after bad position from his last solid.
Van Boening defeated Szewczyk 10-9
- SVB was dry on 7 of 10 breaks, Szewczyk was dry or fouled on 7 of 9.
- B&Rs numbered 1 -- by SVB.
- Each player missed 4 shots (counting a couple of 2-ways as safeties).
- SVB fouled once, Szewczyk twice (on 2 breaks).
So it looks like Pehlivanovic has an easy path to the title tomorrow, right?
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LOL. As the saying goes, the game isn't played on paper. I'd say just about anything's possible in the final.So it looks like Pehlivanovic has an easy path to the title tomorrow, right?
This has been a very interesting 8-ball Championship. The pockets played pretty loose throughout. It felt like boring runouts in the beginning then the break started sputtering. Today, the break seemed to be a huge detriment.
I believe this is going to be a unique final. It could be a blank or it could be a hill-hill but it just feels like it’s going to be won by circumstances. All the players can pocket balls on these tables and they have been shooting great.
The winner will have earned it, regardless of how it looks in the end. It just feels like there will be lots of moaning, from the fans of the player who comes up short, due to the “rolls”. Hope my player wins.
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I believe this is going to be a unique final. It could be a blank or it could be a hill-hill but it just feels like it’s going to be won by circumstances. All the players can pocket balls on these tables and they have been shooting great.
The winner will have earned it, regardless of how it looks in the end. It just feels like there will be lots of moaning, from the fans of the player who comes up short, due to the “rolls”. Hope my player wins.
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